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Orthomolecular psychiatry has been identified primarily with megavitamin therapy. This is an overly narrow definition that has been obsolete since even before 1968 when Linus Pauling (1968) identified orthomolecular psychiatry as the treatment of mental disorders by varying the concentrations of substances normally found in the human body or as Dr. Pauling states, “The right molecules in the right amounts” (p. 265).
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Kunin, R.A. (1988). Orthomolecular Principles in Treatment of Persons with Mental Retardation and Mental Illness. In: Stark, J.A., Menolascino, F.J., Albarelli, M.H., Gray, V.C. (eds) Mental Retardation and Mental Health. Disorders of Human Learning, Behavior, and Communication. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3758-7_16
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